Our First Fair

While camping with some friends recently, we had the chance to attend our first small town fair.  It blew the kids minds!!  They had a decent amount of rides that both the boys qualified for on the height chart.  We got them all-you-can-ride bracelets and let them go. 

 

Adam and his friend Chloe are on the green one.  

 

 

Adam and Chloe rode the Scrambler at least 4 times without getting off.  Nobody puked!

 

Pure Joy!

 

What do you think he's thinking? 

 

 

Chris Turns 34

We gave Daddy 12 homemade superhero and villan masks.  More playing!

 

Adam drew Daddy an awesome Superhero picture.

 

Thank you Pinterest for this idea...Chris style cupcakes!

 

His major presents...the components to build his own keg and pull tower. 

Much beer to come! 

 

Hot Air Balloon Festival 2012

While Chris spent the weekend in Auburn to see the LSU game for a guy's weekend,  my boys and I stumbled on an awesome time! They moved the annual Hot Air Balloon Festival to the parish facilities one exit down from our house.  So Adam and Caleb and I headed out to see what the balloon glow was all about. Blew Our Minds!!  There were so many of them, so close to each other, all aglow at one time!!  It really was beautiful.

We started off at the face painting tent and received the worst paint jobs ever!  This is supposed to be Batman and Hulk.

 

Then we explored some awesome blow-up obstacle courses, bounce houses, and games.  This is Adam going for 3 points.

 

This is my favorite shot.  Caleb was not quite ready for the loud burst the flame made behind him. 

 

This was our favorite

 

 

 

 I think we counted over 35 balloons that night and they would light them up in a twinkle fashion or all at once.  The great part was that you could walk as close as you wanted within the  balloon field.  We will be doing this again next year. 

 

 

 

 

 

Chris On The Job

The boys and I caught Chris at one of the ribbon cuttings on one of his roads and surprised him by showing up! Here he is with all the big boys of Baton Rouge!  I'm so proud of all the work he's done from one end of this city to the other. 

Potty Training Again

Caleb has been potty training slowly, but surely.  We haven't pushed him as hard because of his issues since birth, but he's finally turning the corner and it is a positive experience.  We have used the M&M reward system, praise, sitting with him and reading a book, and also giving him some privacy.  A combo of all has worked well.  Adam has even rewarded him with his own pencils, stickers, and coins when Caleb makes it to the potty!  So sweet.  We also have a book, Everyone Poops, that is a big hit for both kids.  Go figure. 

 

Hurricane Issac

We survived another hurricane in Baton Rouge.  Isaac hit us in August and did some pretty substantial damage to power lines and major flooding in the area.  Our neighborhood, however was a lucky, lonely island of refuge against any major damage.  We never lost power, no flooding, and nothing major fell on us. Some friends came over to escape their dark house after a few days.  We were glad to have some playmates and to feed them something hot. 
This was also the last straw for us in holding out on a generator.  We finally purchased one for peace of mind in all these storms that love us. 

Playing with friends

 

Watching the trees carefully

 

Try flying a kite in swirling wind...doesn't work.

Note the storm approaching in the background.